Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 28CQ
If we move a positive charge toward a negative charge, does the potential energy of the positive charge increase or decrease? Explain.
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